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Gundo

The kids are almost as cute as mine http://www.armourarchive.org/ubb/smile.gif As already said: The decorations and breaths should have been left for last. I'd like to see a more pleasing shape to the bottom line of your visor, but I wouldn't roll it under the grill. You should most definitely have ...

Gundo

That sounds right, and it ought to run about $80 to get truck-shipped, up to a fairly large weight. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Eme...

Gundo

Sorry about the short notice this year. First week of July, Friday the 6th through Monday the 9th. Attendance fee includes rivets and mild steel, and BBQ dinner Friday thru Sunday, as well as ice and water, and space for camping. Fee is $40 for the whole weekend, $20/day for day-trippers. Limited in...

Gundo

Half-hard brass sheet. I usually stick with 16ga. metalcraft-tools.com carries the Beverly ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A po...

Gundo

I can't picture my dog doing anything other than rolling around on the ground, trying to get such a thing off... ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madne...

Gundo

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Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson

A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

You've made the center of your bucklers mighty thin, unless you started with very thick stuff. Working from the edge to the center takes care of the wrinkles. It also tends not to thin the center to a casually measurable degree. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR><font...

Gundo

Sounds like Harold was using a "doming" hammer. Harold, your normal method isn't dishing, since you're not using anything that could be remotely described as a dish. You might call it sinking, but I don't think its really sinking either...it's basically just beating the shit out of your piece, and i...

Gundo

When you feel you're about to break through, let up on the pressure, and speed up the drill just a bit and you should have less trouble with the bit jamming in the last bit of the cut. Sorry I forgot to mention that sooner, I do it without thinking about it. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre...

Gundo

Keep up with the group, Morgan. Interposing an non-target area [and, yes, your hands are a nontarget area, even enclosed in a basket] to block a shot is against the rules. Or do you think it's okay to raise your leg to catch shot on your shin, as long as you're wearing greaves? Aren't you people don...

Gundo

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Gundobad,
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Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson

A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

The smaller cop is really just the top lame, isn't it? Maybe a bit different shape, but still...it can attach with the same leathers that support the lower lames. More correct would be a sliding rivet at the rear side of each lame, and leather at the front [with a "false" rivet on each lame for symm...

Gundo

Not that, trust me. The polishing action of that is for buffing a waxed car. You'd be much better off with a bench-model. HF has an 8" model for about $100, and you can get 6" models for less than $40. www.eastwoodco.com has a variety of nifty wheels to go on them [cotton/sisal buffs are particularl...

Gundo

Yup, vinegar works. Yup, muriatic acid works faster. Yup, it's mill scale, and it's on hot rolled steel. Better to remove the scale from pieces you're done shaping, before polishing, and leave it on your stock in the shop. The scale is mildly rust-resistant. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre...

Gundo

BTW, that is one very f**king nice anvil. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

The pauldron should have a bolt welded/sticking out of it. You fit the grandguard to the pauldron, put on a wingnut to secure it. The pauldron should still tie to points, with a strap at the biceps. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts &...

Gundo

Well...some people don't think well in this way. One thing you might do is take some stiff paper and start twisting and folding it up to make a similar shape to *one* component of the piece you're attempting. Then work from there. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the...

Gundo

They are, for the same reason. People do it, some deliberately, some not, doing it deliberately is cheating, doing it accidentally because your technique is cheesy, is cheesy. You should fight as if a solid blow to your hand would likely end your fighting career, because it would in the "assumed" ar...

Gundo

Very cool, Stephen. I hope you'll eventually post pics of you wearing it all in action. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A posit...

Gundo

Unconscious and accidental are not the same thing. If a pair of gaunts from one of the better armories are being destroyed in a year...it's not accidental. Again, stop it. And stop being a weasel while you're at it. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre ...

Gundo

I dug around, but I couldn't find any more pics. My digicam is down, or I'd shoot some. The price, as stated above, is $200 for helm and aventail. The 22" would be of the head without padding. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more ...

Gundo

The hand is wrapped up in a cast so far, I'll know more after I see my hand-specialist, tomorrow. And yeah, I know about being broke... ebay might work well to move the gorgets. [I should have said the rest *of the plate* is by my hand, so I fixed it] ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory...

Gundo

I didn't say you were doing it intentionally. But you *can* intentionally *stop* doing it, and you should. I don't know where it is in the rules, and I am too lazy to look it up for you. But it is the same rule that tells you it is wrong to lift your leg in order to catch a shot on your knee or lowe...

Gundo

I don't usually bother with a cutting oil, but it's not incorrect by any means. If you want even more success, keep your drill rpm slow enough that you can see the flutes of the drill bit [not blurred out by speed]. Press hard, but not hard enough to bend the bit. ------------------ Gundobad, Wis...

Gundo

Actually, it's not. It's against the rules to target your hands, and I'd bet money no one has done so. I'd also bet money that strikes on your hands have occurred because you put your hands in the way of blows aimed elsewhere, rather than poor aim on your opponenent's part. <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1...

Gundo

Maybe I'll let Harold von Munchausen explain it... ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

I've a copy, as well, and assuming the diagrams are accurate [as to components & assembly...I know the shapes aren't shown perfectly], yes, they're invaluable. I wish I knew where to find more of the same, for more styles of armor. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of th...

Gundo

Never thought of using epoxy! Am I right in my guess that you use the epoxy as a layer between the head and handle? Or is it just to set the wedge? BTW, I have yet to find a wider selection of peddinghaus hammers from one distributor, and since they're local for me, I can go see how the hammers fit ...

Gundo

No. Ductile iron means it isn't "cast iron" which is the hard but very brittle stuff with more carbon in it than steel. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash o...

Gundo

Stop blocking with your hands. It's against the rules [even SCA rules] anyway. <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Originally posted by Cedric: On the other hand... I have had a pair of Mandrake's gauntlets for about a year and th...

Gundo

Keeping a coat of turtle wax on it works very well for plate. Olive oil [very light coat] also works very well, but requires a wipe-down every time you use the armor. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. ...

Gundo

Most of them prefer the term "women" to "freaks". ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare. Every man almost, and every woman, has a dash of madness - R.W. Emerson A position worth taking, is worth defending.

Gundo

Chinese-styled conical helm, double-width eyeslot, semi-anthro mask. 13ga top, 14ga skirt & mask. SMALL. Fit no larger than 22" circ. head. Aventail is galv. w/ bronze trim, and dagged, from Mad Matt's Armory http://www.crosswinds.net/~mad666matt/armory.html There are a couple pics of the aventail a...

Gundo

Hey! I made that stuff! Hi Mario. Matt Broadway made the articulated half gaunts, and I don't recognize the wooden targe, the rest [of the plate]* is by my hand. *edit ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more Sanity is very rare....

Gundo

Hi Mario! I just wanted to point out that I made most of the stuff That Mario is selling off. Matt Broadway made the articulated half-gaunts, and I don't know where the wooden targe came from. ------------------ Gundobad, Wise Ogre Armory Wise Ogre Pic of the Day Wise Ogre Armory T-shirts & more ...

Wise Ogre Hammer-In 2001 x-post from OT

Small helm with aventail for sale